The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)
Contents Lists
The Blooding Patricia Windsor (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69371-1, Jul ’97, £3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Michael Steward) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult werewolf novel. [First U.K. edition]
Chung Kuo: Book Eight: The Marriage of the Living Dark David Wingrove (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-56419-3, Jul ’97, £16.99, 455pp, hc) [_Chung Kuo_] SF novel. Final volume of the political epic set in a Chinese-dominated future.
Chung Kuo: Book Eight: The Marriage of the Living Dark David Wingrove (NEL 0-340-68885-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £6.99, 644pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [_Chung Kuo_] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel. Last volume of the political epic set in a Chinese-dominated future.
Dark Visions ed. Douglas E. Winter (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60154-X, Feb ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions 5) original horror anthology.
Millennium ed. Douglas E. Winter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224634-1, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £16.99, 451pp, hc) Collection of original SF/dark fantasy stories forming a braided novel. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition as Revelations.
Millennium ed. Douglas E. Winter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649833-7, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 630pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism as Revelations; Voyager 1997) anthology of original SF/dark fantasy stories. A trade paperback (export only) edition (0-00-224635-X, £9.99) was published 24 July 97.
Exodus from the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (NEL 0-340-63836-2, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £5.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [_Book of the Long Sun_] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) SF novel. Fourth and last in the “Long Sun” series.
Let’s Put the Future Behind Us Jack Womack (Flamingo 0-00-225562-6, Jan ’97 [Jul ’97], £8.99, 310pp, tp, cover by John Gall) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1996) associational novel set in a post-Soviet Russia. [First U.K. edition]
Faraday’s Orphans N. Lee Wood (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60130-2, Jul ’97, £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF novel.
Volcano Richard Woodley (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651048-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 210pp, pb) Novelization of the near-future SF film of a volcanic eruption in Los Angeles.
You Can’t Sing Without Me Anne Worboys (Piatkus 0-7499-3012-8, Feb ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Reprint (Piatkus 1996) dark fantasy romance.
A Scientific Romance Ronald Wright (Anchor UK 1-86230-011-9, Sep ’97, £9.99, 352pp, tp, cover by Pedro Lobo) [Time Machine] SF novel. A first novel. The return of H.G. Wells’s time machine allows an archeologist to travel into a decimated future Britain.
Fugitive Prince Janny Wurts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224076-9, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £16.99, 565pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) [_Wars of Light and Shadow_] Fantasy novel, volume four in “The Wars of Light and Shadows”, and first book of “The Alliance of Light”. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition. A trade paperback edition (-224077-7, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
Across the Flame Jonathan Wylie (Orbit 1-85723-468-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Orbit 1996) dark fantasy novel. A young female artist is pursued for help by a sorcerer who has been trapped in a painting for centuries. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J.A. Smith.
Magister Jonathan Wylie (Orbit 1-85723-515-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 388pp, pb) Contemporary fantasy novel set in a world where magic is considered a performing art. A student investigates a late master’s secrets.
Star Wars: Specter of the Past Timothy Zahn (Bantam UK 0-593-03990-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £12.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [_Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn_] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) original SF novel based on the series. First of “The Hand of Thrawn” duology. [First U.K. edition]
New Territories: The Computer Visions of Jürgen Ziewe Jürgen Ziewe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-407-5, Jun ’97, £14.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Jürgen Ziewe) Art book. Text by Nigel Suckling.
The Doom Stone Paul Zindel (Red Fox 0-09-954271-4, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £3.50, 133pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1995) young-adult dark fantasy novel.
The Frequency of Souls Mary Kay Zuravleff (Vintage UK 0-09-973141-X, Aug ’97, £5.99, 244pp, tp, cover by Tony Campbell) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1996) literary SF/fantasy novel. The new physics make establishing contact with the dead slightly easier than establishing relationships with the living. The UK hardback edition (Chatto & Windus 1996) was not seen.
The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1997 ed. Jack Adrian (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-37-0, Oct ’97, C$35.00, 68pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of four weird stories by women writers whose supernatural output is small. This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $25.50 and in the UK for £16.00.
- 6 · Publisher’s Forward · Barbara & Christopher Roden · fw (*), 1997
- 7 · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in (*), 1997
- 11 · A Wedding Day · Patricia Wentworth · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Aug ’11
- 25 · The Swaying Vision · Jessie Douglas Kerruish · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Jan 16 ’15
- 41 · The Visitor · Carola Oman · ss Chambers’s Journal Apr 1 ’22
- 57 · The House of the Laburnums · Mollie Panter-Downes · ss Harper’s Monthly Dec ’36
- 64 · Sources · Misc. Material · bi (*), 1997
Return to Lovecraft Country ed. Scott David Aniolowski (Lockport, NY: Triad Entertainments 1575025353, 1997, $11.95, 234pp, tp)
- 1 · Connect the Dots · Donald R. Burleson · ss *
- 10 · Dark Providence · Don D’Ammassa · ss *
- 20 · The Arkham Collector · Peter Cannon · ss *
- 31 · In the Times After · Fred Behrendt · ss *
- 43 · The Doom That Came to Dunwich · Richard A. Lupoff · ss Before...12:01...After, Fedogan & Bremer, 1996
- 60 · Keeping Festival · Mollie L. Burleson · ss *
- 63 · Frank the Cnidarian · Benjamin Adams · ss *
- 72 · Tuttle · James Robert Smith · ss *
- 84 · The Horror at Columbia Terrace · C. J. Henderson · ss *
- 109 · The Hitch · Gary Sumpter · ss *
- 118 · The Shunpike · Robert M. Price · ss *
- 138 · Van Graf’s Painting · J. Todd Kingrea · ss *
- 150 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · nv Necronomicon Press, 1990
- 188 · The Last Feast of Harlequin · Thomas Ligotti · nv F&SF Apr ’90
- 218 · Strange Manuscript Found in the Vermont Woods · Lin Carter · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #54 ’88
Future Visions ed. Anon. (Gollancz/Focus Magazines, 1997, no price, 187pp, pb) Anthology of five stories and three novel exstracts, a free gift with the magazine Focus.
- 5 · The Nightingale · Nicholas Royle · ss Sugar Sleep, ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1993
- 21 · White Boat [from Child of the River] · Paul J. McAuley · ex London: Gollancz, 1997
- 39 · Swimming with the Salmon · Ian Watson · ss Interzone Sep ’92
- 63 · Extract from Deathstalker War · Simon R. Green · ex London: Vista, 1997
- 75 · Starlight Dreamer · Peter F. Hamilton · ss New Worlds 4, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Gollancz, 1994
- 99 · Innocents · Ian McDonald · nv New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Gollancz, 1992
- 139 · A Shriek in the Night [from Imperial Earth] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex London: Gollancz, 1995
- 147 · More Tomorrow · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1995
Great Ghost Stories ed. Anon. (London: Reader’s Digest Association Limited 0-276-42330-5, 1997, 528pp, hc) Anthology of 46 ghost stories selected by editors of The Reader’s Digest.
- 9 · Introduction · The Editors · in
- 13 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 36 · The Corner Shop · Cynthia Asquith · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Sep ’26
- 48 · The Whip Hand · A. L. Barker · ss Tales to Make the Flesh Creep, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: John Constable, 1977
- 60 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Sep 30, 1888
- 66 · Transition [“Mudbury’s Xmas Adventure”] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The New Witness Dec 11 ’13
- 71 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May ’43
- 79 · The Buick Saloon [as by Mary O’Malley] · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine Jun ’30
- 92 · The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar Feb, 1868
- 101 · Smee [as by Ex-Private X] · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Dec ’29
- 110 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · ss Firebird #1 ’82
- 122 · “To Let” · B. M. Croker · ss London Society Christmas, 1890
- 135 · The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits, Penguin, 1982
- 143 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury Apr ’22
- 166 · No. 1 Branch Line, the Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 176 · Autumn Cricket · Lord Dunsany · ss John Bull Apr 29 ’50
- 180 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two, ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1991
- 187 · The Shepherd · Frederick Forsyth · na London: Hutchinson, 1975
- 209 · Florinda · Shamus Frazer · ss London Mystery Magazine #29 ’56
- 216 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas, 1852
- 232 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories, Heinemann, 1947
- 237 · Someone in the Lift · L. P. Hartley · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 242 · The Gateway of the Monster [Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler Jan ’10
- 258 · The Shadow of a Shade · Tom Hood · ss Bow Bells Christmas, 1869
- 270 · The Old Man · Holloway Horn · ss Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series, ed. Dorothy L. Sayers, London: Gollancz, 1931
- 275 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · ss We Are for the Dark, London: Cape, 1951
- 290 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1868
- 305 · The Ash Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 315 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas, 1885
- 332 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 338 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851; revised from an earlier story in Dublin University Magazine May ’39.
- 356 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar, Heinemann, 1978
- 362 · The Highboy [“A Curious Haunting”] · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook Oct ’90
- 373 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine Oct ’22
- 379 · An Apparition · Guy de Maupassant · ss, 1883
- 385 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · Edith Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 396 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, an, 1839, 1839
- 411 · The Queen of Spades · Alexandre Pushkin · nv, 1834
- 431 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady, 1976
- 433 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra, 1884
- 447 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891
- 461 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 476 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Man’s Beard, Bles, 1929
- 480 · Dual Control · Elizabeth Walter · ss Dead Woman, London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1975
- 488 · Breakages · Fay Weldon · ss The Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, 1978
- 496 · The Canterville Ghost · Oscar Wilde · nv Court and Society Review Feb 23, 1887 (+1)
- 518 · Angeline, or the Haunted House · Émile Zola · ss, 1898
Point Horror Collection 10: A terrifying trio in one! ed. Anon. (Scholastic UK 0-590-19499-2, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £6.99, 535pp, pb) Young-adult omnibus of 3 dark fantasy novels - The Watcher (Lael Littke, 1994); The Boy Next Door (Sinclair Smith, 1994); and The Hitchhiker (R L Stine, 1993).
- 1 · The Watcher · Lael Littke · n. Scholastic, 1994
- 203 · The Boy Next Door · Sinclair Smith · n. Scholastic, 1994
- 369 · The Hitchhiker · R. L. Stine · n. Scholastic, 1993
Side Effects ed. Maria Augusta & António de Macedo (Simetria Portugal 972-97495-0-7, Sep ’97, tp, cover by João Cesário) Original anthology of nine stories, including one reprint by Joe Haldeman.
- 6 · The Side Effects of Science Fiction Exposure · Luís Filipe Silva · fw *
- 10 · Diversified Pedagogies · Maria de Menezes · ss *
- 23 · Tide Effects · António de Macedo · nv *
- 52 · Nihil Sine Causa · David Alan Prescott · ss *
- 58 · Rodney King · Luís Filipe Silva · ss *
- 72 · Wysiwyg or Not · José Xavier Ezequiel · ss *
- 89 · Silent Night · João Barreiros · ss *
- 100 · The Pilot · Joe Haldeman · ss Destinies Apr ’79
- 104 · Secondary Mission · Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro · nv *
- 127 · The Prophecy of the Water · Helena Coelho · ss *
The Outcast Patricia Bernard (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5768-9, Mar ’97 [1998], A$11.95, 295pp, pb, cover by Bart Muller) Young-adult SF novel, book one of the “Outcast” trilogy. Far-future novel of humanity devided between chip-enhanced city dwellers and the farming communities outside.
Dogs Think That Every Day Is Christmas Ray Bradbury (Gibbs-Smith, 1997, hc) Long poem. Originally a small broadside as “Dogs Think That Every Day Is Christmas: An Additional Holiday 1995 Poem” sent by Bradbury for Christmas.
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury (G.K. Thorndike, ME: Hall 0-7838-8313-7, 1997, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic sf short novel, with a new foreword by the author. A special 40th anniversary edition in large print.
The October Country Ray Bradbury (Springfield, PA: Gauntlet, 1997, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1955) collection. Includes the original introduction written in 1955 by Bradbury but never used.
Quicker than the Eye Ray Bradbury (Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1997, hc) Reprint (Avon 1996) collection of 21 stories. Includes a new introduction by Bradbury.
Quicker than the Eye Ray Bradbury (Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1997, hc) Reprint (Avon 1996) collection of 21 stories. Large print edition.
With Cat for Comforter Ray Bradbury (Gibbs-Smith 0-87905-752-1, 1997, hc, cover by Louise Reinoehl Max) Long poem. Originally appeared as a broadside; “Christmas Greeting 1986.”
Someone in the Room: Strange Tales Old and New A. M. Burrage (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-38-9, Nov ’97, C$53.00, xiii+304pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 28 supernatural stories. 14 of the stories comprise Burrage’s rare second collection, Someone in the Room, published under the pseudonym ’Ex-Private-X’ in 1931. Five stories are the sole original tales from the almost equally elusive Between the Minute and the Hour (1967); of the rest, seven are now collected in book form for the first time. Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00.
- ix · Introduction · Jack Adrian · in (*), 1997
- 1 · Strange Tales
- 3 · The House of Unrest · ss The Home Magazine Mar ’22
- 13 · The Ivory Cards · ss The London Magazine Nov ’25
- 22 · The Affair at Paddock Cross · ss The London Magazine Feb ’28
- 30 · The Lady of the Elms · ss The Novel Magazine Sep ’15
- 39 · The Captain’s Watch · ss Between the Minute & the Hour, Herbert Jenkins, 1967
- 47 · Little Bride-of-a-Day · ss The London Magazine Jan ’26
- 57 · Auntie Kate · ss The Home Magazine Apr ’22
- 69 · Behind the Panels · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Jun 19 ’15
- 80 · The Black Diamond Tree · ss The (London) Evening Standard Apr 23 ’34
- 88 · The Garden in Glenister Square · ss The London Magazine Oct ’25
- 100 · Household Gods · ss The Home Magazine Apr ’20
- 113 · Oberon Road · ss The London Magazine Dec ’24
- 124 · Dark Horses · ss Weekly Illustrated May 8 ’37
- 131 · The Hawthorn Tree · ss The London Magazine Mar ’28
- 145 · Someone in the Room · co London: Jarrolds, 1931
- 147 · The Sweeper [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 160 · The Blue Bonnet · ss The London Magazine May ’26
- 171 · The Waxwork [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 181 · Through the Eyes of a Child · ss The London Magazine Jul ’28
- 192 · The Running Tide · ss The London Magazine Sep ’28
- 202 · The Strange Case of Dolly Frewan [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 210 · The Oak Saplings · ss The London Magazine Oct ’28
- 222 · The Cottage in the Wood · ss The London Magazine Sep ’29
- 231 · Smee [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Dec ’29
- 240 · The Case of Mr. Ryalstone [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931; an extended revision of ‘The Case of Thissler and Baxter’
- 248 · Someone in the Room · ss Nash’s Magazine Dec ’28
- 257 · The Shadowy Escort · ss The London Magazine May ’28
- 266 · Mr. Garshaw’s Companion [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 276 · One Who Saw [as by Ex-Private X] · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 287 · Non Fiction
- 289 · Un-Paying Guests [“Ghost Stories”] · ar The Home Magazine Dec ’19
- 296 · The Supernatural in Fiction · ar The Home Magazine Oct ’21
- 301 · Sources · Misc. Material · bi (*), 1997
- 304 · Acknowledgements · Misc. Material · ms (*), 1997
Out of This World: stories of virtual reality ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-602-5, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories.
- 1 · When the VR-Bookatron Went Wrong · Eric Brown · ss *
- 17 · Star Pupil · Lorna Read · ss *
- 33 · A World of His Own · Nick Gifford · ss *
- 47 · White Walls · Rhiannon Lassiter · ss *
- 57 · Contact · Malorie Blackman · ss *
Scared Stiff: horror stories ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-599-1, Nov ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original horror stories.
- 1 · The Gloves · Catherine Fisher · ss *
- 17 · Madame Vara’s Stand-In · Kenneth Ireland · ss *
- 35 · Night of the Stick Insects · Alan Durant · ss *
- 47 · Gone Fishing · Jean Richardson · ss *
- 61 · Sophie’s Jacket · Jane Ayres · ss *
Simply Spooky: ghost stories ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-601-7, Nov ’97, £1.00, 70pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original ghost stories.
- 1 · The Pirate Experience · Chris Powling · ss *
- 15 · Garvey’s Ghosts · Annie Dalton · ss *
- 31 · Advice from a Dead Man · Alan Gibbons · ss *
- 43 · The Ghostagram · Gordon Snell · ss *
- 57 · Mel and Squid and the Haunted Birds’ Eggs · Douglas Hill · ss *
Stranger Than Ever: mysterious stories ed. Wendy Cooling (Dolphin 1-85881-600-9, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories.
- 1 · Vandaland · Hazel Townson · ss *
- 11 · Road to Nowhere · Nick Gifford · ss *
- 29 · Three Hundred Million Years · Annie Campling · ss *
- 41 · The Great Pandolfo’s Last Trick · Simon Edge · ss *
- 59 · The Moss Garden · Susannah White · ss *